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Sarah Shelquist
EDUCATION • M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology University of Colorado at Boulder • B.A. in Elementary Education (w/ Literacy Endorsement and Specialization in Special Education) University of Iowa
ENROLLED • Cohort 1
LOCATION • West Des Moines, Iowa
Sarah Shelquist is a speech-language pathologist, currently working at Heartland Area Education Agency, supporting schools in central Iowa. With over 20 years of professional experience, Sarah has spent the past 15 years working as an SLP in both clinical and educational settings. Sarah has specialized training and experience in autism, alternative and augmentative communication, phonological processing, phonemic awareness, and apraxia of speech. Her early experiences as a classroom teacher inform her understanding of the critical role language and communication development play in comprehensive and proficient literacy development for all students. She believes that developmentally appropriate literacy instruction is crucial during early childhood and into elementary school. She firmly believes in the importance of early screening and intervention for students demonstrating lagging language and/ or communication skills. Her current work is focused on partnering with school districts to create and implement multi-tiered systems of support for language- based literacy skills in the elementary setting. Sarah is committed to supporting teachers and schools in ensuring that their data collection, identification, and interventions for students with language-based learning differences are rooted in research and consistently providing students with opportunities to demonstrate optimal growth. By obtaining her doctorate, Sarah will be positioned to provide more systematic support in the state of Iowa as they work to implement MTSS processes for student development of language and communication skills. Looking ahead, Sarah plans to create systemic change for students and provide high quality mentorship and training for classroom teachers and interventionists in the area of language and literacy. She is also interested in curriculum development and supporting upcoming teachers and/or speech-language pathologists in the higher education setting.
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Ed.D. in Language and Literacy
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